The PHOENIX series of Fusion Machines are designed to allow the preparation of permanent and homogeneous fused beads under accurately reproducible conditions. There are a number of models available, each with a variety of options to suit individual requirements, options include: loss on ignition, ammonium iodide injection and oxygen injection. Machines can be made to your specifications.

Samples are dissolved and mixed into a lithium borate flux at temperatures ranging from 300 to 1600 degrees Celsius. (Typical fusion temperature is 1050 degrees Celsius) This is done over oxygen-enriched flames using specially designed burners. The sample is automatically poured into pre-heated moulds. The moulds are then retracted over separate cooling jets for precise control of cooling.

Fusion machines are used to prepare a wide range of samples for analysis by, x-ray fluorescence, atomic absorption inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission and a variety of classical chemical techniques. The sample types include oxides, sulphides and silicates which comprise many of the ores and concentrates in the mining and metallurgy industry.

• the glass and ceramics industry
• the steel industry, analysing iron ores, blast furnace slags and even magnesites
• Bauxite/Alumina
• Base metal (Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni) for the analysis of sulphides concentrates, silicate slag's, mattes sinters etc.
• the mineral sands industry.
• the cement industry, analysing sand, limestone, kiln feed, clinker, milled meal etc.
• University's and research organisations.

AFT machines have also been used to successfully fuse Ferro alloy powders.

The fusion concept lends itself ideally to an automatic mode. Great improvements in quality control and savings in manpower costs are achieved when a laboratory is automated.